Abigail Tang - Project 1

Bones. I have always had an interest in the human body and how it works. After my last year in high school I was re-intreduced to the human body, now that is coming to light in my work more and more. I was drawn to make more symmetrical pieces because I see them as more pleasing to the eye and they feel cleaner. I did have some trouble with the lining, on occasion it was hard to keep a clean line so some of my compositions did not turn out completely the way I wanted it. Over all I am happy with my work and it was so fun to make. I just wish I had a little more time.

kalindi henderson project 1

Project 1- Simone Freeman

Lauren Tokash - Project 1

Through out this project, I kind of found myself struggling in multiple ways. From the beginning, you could say that my initial tracings were not the best ones to be seen as non-objective. Also, my mindset was not very non-objective. I tried doing the best I could as I went, but could not seem to think of complex patterns like those I saw around me. I came around to getting all twenty compositions, getting the idea of where I was going, but not quite where the project was supposed to be. This is something I have never really done before and it has been quite a while since I have drawn anything so I was really pushing my physical creativity (I am more of a visual creative person with video and photos). When it came down into selecting between the twenty compositions and combining them, I was able to have an easier time and started to figure out the project more. I came to realize that my original tracings were not too non-objective, but it was nearly too far to go back. I created my twelve so called non-objective pieces, but they were very bare. Like I have mentioned earlier, I had observed others’ work and saw how intricate each piece was compared to mine. I then went on to the internet and searched for more examples and looked for how I could possibly add to my own work, and I just started to add lines, dots, scribbles, details. I believe this added texture, depth, took away the large amount of negative space I had in each of my compositions. Most of my compositions were centered and asymmetrical. Also, even though I added a bit of black to create contrast, I would say my work is still pretty light and clean. In the end, if I could, I would go back and make new tracings and make different patterns and have true non-compositional creations, but I am happy with what it turned out to be.

Surface Studio: Project 1

When I was assigned this project in my Surface Studio course, I had no idea what I had to do. When I realized what I had to do, I didn't know what I wanted to trace or anything like that. Looking through the archives of whatever New York museum it was, I was looking for some type of architecture that had some intricate patterns to create even more intricate patterns out of. I chose Egyptian  architecture because I always loved the style Egyptians had, ancient or modern. Looking through all of the many pictures of Egyptian landscapes, I found the several that caught my eye really well and saw as many small patterns that I could trace. I traced the patterns that were both simple and not so simple, and I thought that if I combine two opposites, I can create something eye popping and the audience might enjoy. I wanted people to not only think of what the patterns actually were, but I wanted them to think how I even thought or executed it. After transferring the patterns into my sketch book, I thought that they were very interesting, almost like it was something that I have never done or think of before. While transferring what was on my sketchbook to the bristol board, instead of measuring and using a grid to make the 4x4 sketches to the 9x9 bristol, I freehand all of them and add more patterns to make the final patterns look more full and complete. I really thought that this project was interesting and I've never done anything like this before and it was pretty fun. On the other hand, I don't see myself doing this again anytime in my future, but that doesn't cancel out on what I said about enjoying the project.

Jessica Wildman- Project 1

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